1. IndianLife Foods keeping yourself clean
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Good Personal Hygiene
keeping yourself clean
Good personal hygiene is keeping yourself clean because many pathogenic or disease-causing bacteria come from food handlers.
Good Personal Hygiene

2. Importance of good personal hygiene
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Importance of good personal hygiene
Hygiene
describes a system of sanitary principles to preserve health
Personal hygiene
Refers to cleanliness of a person’s body
Communicable disease
Pathogens transmitted by one person to another – may be by touch / through food / by aerosols
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3. Communicable diseases
May be:
Diseases of respiratory tract
Intestinal disorders
Infectious hepatitis, dysentery, typhoid fever
Staphylococci (boils, acne, infected cuts)
A person may be a carrier (no symptoms)
Convalescent (< 10 wks after acquiring disease)
Chronic (carries it indefinitely)
Contact (carries but doesn’t get sick)
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4. Wearing clean clothing
Clean outer garments
Hair nets / head coverings
Employee uniforms
No uncovered street clothes in production area
Worn to protect product and equipment from employee’s clothes
Clean footwear / overshoes
Use locker facilities provided
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5. 1. Before you get to work Take a shower
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1. Before you get to work
Take a shower
Wash off dead skin and bacteria
Put on clean clothes and footwear
Clothes and footwear can carry bacteria into the plant
Keep fingernails clean, trimmed and without polish / no artificial nails
Polish or artificial nails can fall off
Your skin sheds and carries bacteria
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6. 2. When you get to work Place outside clothes/footwear in locker
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2. When you get to work
Place outside clothes/footwear in locker
Put lunches (food) in designated places
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When you get to work
Put on clean uniforms/smocks and footwear for use in plant only
Smocks are to keep your clothes from contaminating the product!
Wash hands before touching food product
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8. When you get to work Don’t wear watches or jewelry Use clean footwear
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When you get to work
Don’t wear watches or jewelry
They carry soil and bacteria
Use clean footwear
Footwear can bring in contamination from the outside
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9. Empty pockets above waist
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Empty pockets above waist
Sew pockets shut if possible
Pens and other objects can fall out when you bend over
These items are often physical hazards
They also carry bacteria
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10. 3. When you are at work You should wash After using the toilet
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3. When you are at work
You should wash
After using the toilet
After touching bare body parts (skin)
After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or tissue
After eating, drinking, smoking tobacco
Before returning to your workplace
Before entering finished product packaging area to package product
Have you washed your hands?
(hang up your smock before using the toilet / wash your hands before putting on your smock again)
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11. Hand sanitizer stations
Convenient location & visible
For employees entering process area
For employees moving between jobs
Hand dip stations
Hands must be washed before sanitizing
Gloves should be put on before dipping
Keep concentration at correct level
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12. How to wash Use adequate amount of soap with warm water
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How to wash
Use adequate amount of soap with warm water
Scrub vigorously between fingers (include wrists)
Use brush to remove dirt from under fingernails
Rinse thoroughly and dry with paper towel
Use hand sanitizer when leaving washroom
20-second rule – sing “Happy Birthday” to yourself
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Why wear hair nets?
Hair gets washed less frequently than other parts of the body
Hair follicles produce oil
The oil attracts dust containing bacteria
Hair falls out periodically
If the hair drops into food or onto food contact surfaces, it will contaminate the food
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14. Wear hair nets / beard nets
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Wear hair nets / beard nets
Hair nets and beard nets protect food products from contamination
Baseball caps or bump caps are not sufficient!
All hair must be tucked in nets
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15. Use of gloves Gloves are used to protect food product from your hands
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Use of gloves
Gloves are used to protect food product from your hands
Cuts, etc. should be covered with an approved bandage first
Hands should be washed thoroughly before putting on gloves
Dip gloved hands into sanitizer to keep the gloves sanitized
Inspect gloves at least daily for pinhole leaks or cuts
The inside of gloves are ideal incubators for bacteria (warm / moist / nutrients)
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16. Employee responsibilities
No food or drink in storage, processing & packaging areas
No use of gum or tobacco in food handling areas
Injuries, infections, disease must be reported to employer
Wash hands thoroughly
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17. Workplace habits Don’t use smock or uniform to clean hands
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Workplace habits
Don’t use smock or uniform to clean hands
Don’t stick hand into food product to test it
Don’t chew gum
Never sneeze into air
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18. Plant production personnel policies
To prevent contamination of product
Minimize potential routes of entry
Control visitors
Restrict access
Post signs
Control drivers
Authorized visitors only / wear clean gear
Use footbaths where necessary
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19. Use of Lunchroom Eat only in the lunchroom
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Use of Lunchroom
Eat only in the lunchroom
Not in the processing area
Store your lunch in designated area
Not in lockers
Don’t leave garbage lying around
Food attracts rodents and insects
Food attracts rodents and insects
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20. Allergens
Allergens are usually proteins that cause a severe anti-body reaction
Allergens include: eggs, soy, milk, nuts, seafood, and sulfites
Employees bring lunches that have allergens
Wash hands and don’t bring food into plant
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